Morphe #15

1975

Jo Ann Callis

Associated Names
Jo Ann Callis

Artist, American, born 1940

The image displays an intricate interplay of translucent and opaque layers creating a network of crisscrossing shapes and lines. An abstract composition emerges from the folds and ridges, reminiscent of crumpled plastic or layered, ethereal fabric. These indistinct forms could evoke connections to creased cellophane or the delicate texture of gossamer wings, merging into and out of shadowed areas.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Mary and Dan Solomon

  • Dimensions

    image: 23.9 × 16.1 cm (9 7/16 × 6 5/16 in.)
    sheet: 25.4 × 20.2 cm (10 × 7 15/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2018.177.61

  • Series Title

    Morphe

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Joshua P. Smith, Washington, DC; (sale, Phillips de Pury & Company, New York); Mary and Dan Solomon, Monarch Beach, CA, before 2013; gift to NGA, 2018.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

signed by artist, lower right of mat in graphite: Jo Ann Callis; lower center: Morphe # 15; on verso, signed by artist, bottom right in graphite: Jo Ann Callis; bottom center: "Morphe #15"

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